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the pressure on president obama continued to mount this weekend, as environmentalists latched on to an oil spill in arkansas to rally against the pipeline and republicans portrayed the pipeline as a common-sense solution that would create jobs. delivering the gop's weekly address on saturday, nebraska republican lee terry renewed the push for keystone. >> the people in the congress have spoken. the experts have weighed in. now it's the time to build the keystone pipeline, no more delays, no more politics. >> now terry may not want to deal with the politics. when it comes to environmental issues, politics is the name of the game. last friday, in an effort to make the air we breathe a little cleaner, the espn ppa proposed rules to cut the amount of sulfur allowed in gasoline by two-thirds. it would reduce ozone and other air pollution by 30% and benefit 100 million american who is live in areas with polluted air. the american lung association says the epa's proposal would be the equivalent of taking 33 million cars off the road in terms of its effect on pollution. according to the epa, t
the pressure on president obama continued to mount this weekend, as environmentalists latched on to an oil spill in arkansas to rally against the pipeline and republicans portrayed the pipeline as a common-sense solution that would create jobs. delivering the gop's weekly address on saturday, nebraska republican lee terry renewed the push for keystone. >> the people in the congress have spoken. the experts have weighed in. now it's the time to build the keystone pipeline, no more delays,...
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i'm sorry, i mean glow. [ laughter ] yes, how all of it is to misrepresent your political opponents views and proposals. anything you would care to add to that. >> our free enterprise economy is the source of middle class prors expert but president obama -- prosperity, but president obama believes it's the cause of problem. i hope the president loses the on seftion raising taxes and instead tonight would have been a good time to save medicare. >> jon: instead of why didn't he go out there and say something about medicare. something -- what was that? >> i'm medicare i'm prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of health care savings by the beginning of the next decade as those proposed by the bipartisan simpson bowles commission. >> jon: i see the problem, once again rather than responding responding to actual obama, republicans are stuck responding to the fictional image of obama they created. the smaim boilerplate republican talking points but just with a better backstory. >> more government isn't going to help you get ahead. it's going to hold you back. more governmen
i'm sorry, i mean glow. [ laughter ] yes, how all of it is to misrepresent your political opponents views and proposals. anything you would care to add to that. >> our free enterprise economy is the source of middle class prors expert but president obama -- prosperity, but president obama believes it's the cause of problem. i hope the president loses the on seftion raising taxes and instead tonight would have been a good time to save medicare. >> jon: instead of why didn't he go out...
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president obama called mohammad more see hours after he was elected. the head of the egyptian army today warned political unrest is pushing egypt to the brink of collapse. dili protests are continuing. sixty people had been killed. since friday, fox is the least and terrorist analyst. a little bit of a cold. not helping meet with the audience out tonight. >> they're very serious claims for the following reasons. huge middle-class to muscle society people have been rising since early december. have been dozens of people here, hundreds wounded on the streets. the revolution, the new revolt is not receding. tried to impose zones where populations cannot walk an act. the army was not able to implement that, so is very serious breakdown. lou: what is your personal view? does he survive this? what other prospects for egypt? >> he is going to use everything that he can. he has a majority in parliament. he has the office of the presidency. he has the control of the ministry of interior security forces and above all he has this very wide militia known as the se
president obama called mohammad more see hours after he was elected. the head of the egyptian army today warned political unrest is pushing egypt to the brink of collapse. dili protests are continuing. sixty people had been killed. since friday, fox is the least and terrorist analyst. a little bit of a cold. not helping meet with the audience out tonight. >> they're very serious claims for the following reasons. huge middle-class to muscle society people have been rising since early...
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joining us the former senior adviser to president barack obama, david axelrod. former congressman and chairman of the national republican campaign committee, former virginia james davis, peggy noonan of the washington street journal. welcome all. we'll talk about two hours of show into one hour. david axelrod on immigration, a lot of republicans don't believe the president wants to sign immigration bill this year. they believe he wants the politics, he wants the political issue because it's been so successful for democrats. >> i understand their paranoia because it was a terribly difficult issue for them and continues to be. he wants this accomplishment. this is a legacy item for him. there is no doubt in my mind he wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform. >> tom davis, can republicans even start talking to hispanics on other issues if this issue isn't put behind them no matter how it turns 0 out? >> first of all, they'll get a vote. you may get like we did it in 2006, a house version and senate version. at that point everybody will have their talking poi
joining us the former senior adviser to president barack obama, david axelrod. former congressman and chairman of the national republican campaign committee, former virginia james davis, peggy noonan of the washington street journal. welcome all. we'll talk about two hours of show into one hour. david axelrod on immigration, a lot of republicans don't believe the president wants to sign immigration bill this year. they believe he wants the politics, he wants the political issue because it's...
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also did her a great favor by insulating her from the politics of the last four years. joe biden, i think, is going to be in the center of a lot of the big political fights over the next year and going to see his approval ratings probably take a beating. of course, playing kyoto say this isn't about 2016. what a fantastic launch for hillary clinton. should she decide to run. i think one of the things we have seen over the last elections is that the person who has some strong connection with a base who's a candidate almost drafted by the base does better. mitt romney didn't have that. john mccain didn't have that. i hazard to say i don't think biden has that either. any of the democrats i talked to always say clinton, clinton, clinton. it's time for a woman. i think this will be hillary clinton's big decision to make and my goodness, joe biden certainly can't be happy about that but i think this sort of speculation about biden, at least keeps sort of interest in obama's presidency. >> right. >> makes it more relevant going forward. >> and let's be real here. i mean, as a
also did her a great favor by insulating her from the politics of the last four years. joe biden, i think, is going to be in the center of a lot of the big political fights over the next year and going to see his approval ratings probably take a beating. of course, playing kyoto say this isn't about 2016. what a fantastic launch for hillary clinton. should she decide to run. i think one of the things we have seen over the last elections is that the person who has some strong connection with a...
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the history of assumer and barack obama and durbin is always politics. president didn't fully embrace what the bipartisan group of senators said. why am i suspicious? every time he has an opportunity to exploit it, he does so politically. do you this agree with me, that republicans need to proceed with caution? >> absolutely. there are so many complicated parts to this. even if you had trust with all the partners, you would want to pay a lot of attention to detail. look, the president -- you touched on it earlier. there was an unnecessary threat out of the blue. i was reading the text to the speech, he was outlining what he was sort of proposing which was somewhat in agreement and out of the blue he says if you are unable to move in a timely fashion, i'm going to set up a bill on my proposal and insist that you vote it on. that is typical stuff we see from the white house that is completely unconstructive and undermines trust in the white house. >> sean: two reasons i would like to see a bill happen here. number one, nobody seems to be talking about it,
the history of assumer and barack obama and durbin is always politics. president didn't fully embrace what the bipartisan group of senators said. why am i suspicious? every time he has an opportunity to exploit it, he does so politically. do you this agree with me, that republicans need to proceed with caution? >> absolutely. there are so many complicated parts to this. even if you had trust with all the partners, you would want to pay a lot of attention to detail. look, the president --...
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they play a lot of politics. but the president is playing politics too. when i talked to the president six months ago about medicare, he said the spending trajectory is untenable. and so he knows there needs to be a fix in this area. and what's the shame in all of this is that they can't kind of sit down and work it out, because, you know, if you were the negotiator up at camp david, you'd be able to do it. >> well, one of the problems is they're not at camp david. they are not sitting down together. but the state of the union i think should not be viewed as -- rather the inaugural address should not be viewed as a state of the union speech. this is not the place where he was laying it out. i'm told by white house officials that he put on the table for medicare is still on the table. he wants to negotiate it. and i think paul ryan will be leading the republican side on where they go on this. there are going to be serious negotiations. they have to get down to it. i think where the liberal or progressive mission was from the inaugural speech was on human r
they play a lot of politics. but the president is playing politics too. when i talked to the president six months ago about medicare, he said the spending trajectory is untenable. and so he knows there needs to be a fix in this area. and what's the shame in all of this is that they can't kind of sit down and work it out, because, you know, if you were the negotiator up at camp david, you'd be able to do it. >> well, one of the problems is they're not at camp david. they are not sitting...
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. >> in many ways this was obama pulling frankly a bill clinton, a politically shrewd move, all about the clintons and hillary ace political future. the joke is whether vice president joe biden has been peeled off the ceiling yet but on what may have been the more interesting obama interview published this weekend, the president talked gun control, the future of both parties and football with the "new republic" as they tried to relaunch. the president acknowledged getting gun control through congress will be tough and said "if you group up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were 10 and you spent the day whim and your uncle and that became part of i don't are family traditions, you can see why you would be protective of that." ask if he ever fired a gun, the president went as far to say up at camp david we do skeet shooting all the time. the president will meet with law enforcement officials across america. it's looking more and more like by the way, that a background check bill is the vehicle that is most likely to get through the senate. on friday oklahoma republican sena
. >> in many ways this was obama pulling frankly a bill clinton, a politically shrewd move, all about the clintons and hillary ace political future. the joke is whether vice president joe biden has been peeled off the ceiling yet but on what may have been the more interesting obama interview published this weekend, the president talked gun control, the future of both parties and football with the "new republic" as they tried to relaunch. the president acknowledged getting gun...
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politically. basically, the obama administration is making a big bet that folks will like this. but the consequences are yet to be seen. >> susie kim gets the last word. you can joan my show "now," and rachel mad owe is up next. >>> and we are live. what was expected to be a drama-filled night with negotiations going up until the last moment did not turn out that way, and we have known for the better part of an hour now that house republicans had decided to just let this government shutdown happen. there does not seem to be a plan for what to do next. close your eyes, jump, see what happens. most of the day today, most of the last week has been consumed by a strange sort of political theater where house republicans made funding for the government contingent on killing the president's health law, and then house republicans try it again and then again right up until the bitter end. as of tonight at this hour, we have no deal. and there was one last minute to try and kill obama care for a precondition for funding the government but the democrats rejected that ma tphaneuver. >> as w
politically. basically, the obama administration is making a big bet that folks will like this. but the consequences are yet to be seen. >> susie kim gets the last word. you can joan my show "now," and rachel mad owe is up next. >>> and we are live. what was expected to be a drama-filled night with negotiations going up until the last moment did not turn out that way, and we have known for the better part of an hour now that house republicans had decided to just let...
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it may add up to nothing at all politically. mike emanuel has our report. >> president obama went to minneapolis hoping to build support for what he believes are common sense proposals to reduce gun violence. he chose minneapolis to spotlight steps it has taken. >> the city came together. we've launched a series of initiatives that have reduced the number of young people injured by ns by 40%. reporter: mr. obama asked the american people to take action. >> we do not have to agree on everything to agree that it is time to do something. the vast majority of americans, including a majority of gun owners, support requiring criminal background checks for anyone trying to purchase a gun. reporter: to the nra says it will turn into a registry of law-abiding people. >> it will never be universal. the criminals will not comply with it. they could care less. reporter: this super bowl ad, in part funded by michael bloomberg, goes after the nra for being for background checks. >> i have become convinced after fighting to get the records com
it may add up to nothing at all politically. mike emanuel has our report. >> president obama went to minneapolis hoping to build support for what he believes are common sense proposals to reduce gun violence. he chose minneapolis to spotlight steps it has taken. >> the city came together. we've launched a series of initiatives that have reduced the number of young people injured by ns by 40%. reporter: mr. obama asked the american people to take action. >> we do not have to...
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if the inaugural address was a look at president obama's political philosophy and how the country evolved since 1776, the state of the union tomorrow night will be more of your traditional laundry list of what a president wants for his second term and 2013. >> it's interesting, one of the questions a lot of people are asking, regarding climate change and the fight for that, we heard the president make very strong remarks in his inaugural address. will that wall by the wayside ichb the other heavy issues that are still lingering? >> tamron, i doubt it falls by the wayside. i expect it to be mentioned, climate change. however, given the fact that a democratic congress wasn't able to pass the legislation, i don't think you see big action coming from congress but you could see executive administration action. i think that's where he might actually have a couple some news on that front. >> all right. mark, see you tomorrow and of course your post-analyst, as well. thank you. >> thank you, tamron. >>> chuck hagel says he has no intentions to walk away. this as senate committee plans to vote on
if the inaugural address was a look at president obama's political philosophy and how the country evolved since 1776, the state of the union tomorrow night will be more of your traditional laundry list of what a president wants for his second term and 2013. >> it's interesting, one of the questions a lot of people are asking, regarding climate change and the fight for that, we heard the president make very strong remarks in his inaugural address. will that wall by the wayside ichb the...
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this is not about politics! [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: this is not about politics! [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: this is about these families, and families all across the country, who are saying let's make at it little harder for our kids to get gunned down. when i said in my state of the union address that these proposals deserve a vote that familiar list of newtown, araurora, and people like gabby giffords deserve a vote. and now they are going to deny a vote? you deserve better than that. you deserve a vote. [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: now, look we new from the beginning of this debate that change would not be easy. we knew there would be powerful interests that are very good at confusing the subject; that are good at amplifying conflict and extremes, that are good at drowning out rational debate, good at ginning up irrational fears, all of which stands in the way of progress, but if our history teaches us anything, then it's up to us, the people to stand up to those who say we can't or we won't. stand for the change that we need. [ cheers and applause
this is not about politics! [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: this is not about politics! [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: this is about these families, and families all across the country, who are saying let's make at it little harder for our kids to get gunned down. when i said in my state of the union address that these proposals deserve a vote that familiar list of newtown, araurora, and people like gabby giffords deserve a vote. and now they are going to deny a vote? you...
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. >>> our political panel is next, but first a check of the headlines. the golf channel is reporting that president obama is playing golf today with tiger woods. the president is spending the weekend in florida and took golf lessons yesterday from woods' former coach. >>> at least 21 people were killed and 125 others wounded in a series of car bombs and roadside exmroelgzs today in iraq. recent attacks have spread fear among iraqis that sectarian violence may be overtaking the country, again. >>> in one of his final public appearances pope benedict xvi led thousands in a prayer for faith this morning. he thanked the faithful for their prayers and asked to pray for the next pope. >>> the family of jesse jackson jr. is speaking out in support of the former chicago congressman. jackson has admitted to misusing campaign funds for personal expenses, including a $43,000 watch and some fur coats. his brother talked about how jackson is handling recent events. >> still under a strict regimen with the doctors and he's had to deal with a compounding issues of his
. >>> our political panel is next, but first a check of the headlines. the golf channel is reporting that president obama is playing golf today with tiger woods. the president is spending the weekend in florida and took golf lessons yesterday from woods' former coach. >>> at least 21 people were killed and 125 others wounded in a series of car bombs and roadside exmroelgzs today in iraq. recent attacks have spread fear among iraqis that sectarian violence may be overtaking the...
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he switched to politics in today's. -- to. >> how else will you get it passed by congress? >> guest: i found it shameful because not one thing proposed would have prevented it. >> host: i agree with that ned of these measures could have stopped adam lambert. >> and mass shootings is confusion with the public eye try to clarify that with my book. done shootings get media coverage if nothing else. i think people can relate to them more than city crime but it is much more frequent. >> host: that is a big problem. >> guest: exactly. the way they go after the mass crimes in the media as well the media has the misconception there was a research study they are exactly the same. it is about 18 people per year and one thing that is important to know that i met expert on the issue they are terrified about school going back to the president instead of making it worse to exaggerate the key people more scared say this is one of. your children are safe. they're not in more danger. one-third of the schools in the country already have an armed guard and things are not getting worse. >> hos
he switched to politics in today's. -- to. >> how else will you get it passed by congress? >> guest: i found it shameful because not one thing proposed would have prevented it. >> host: i agree with that ned of these measures could have stopped adam lambert. >> and mass shootings is confusion with the public eye try to clarify that with my book. done shootings get media coverage if nothing else. i think people can relate to them more than city crime but it is much more...
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is this really a problem for obama at all politically, that he has a problem with the jewish committee? >> no, it's nonsense. even mcgovern won two-thirds of the jewish vote in 1972. the jewish vote has been amongst the most stable in american politics, basically three-quarters for the democrats really since fdr, since al smith in 1928 and it's because americans use vote to the left on domestic issues. they don't primarily vote on israel and that's why these things don't change very much. i don't think this has to do with the jewish vote at all. i think it has to do with obama's views on national interest in the middle east. >> what about pollard, the spy. he's been in prison for a very long time. he wasn't spying on us, he was spying on arabs. he broke the law. he's a criminal. it seems if he makes a statement of apology, deep belief that he shouldn't have done it, we should let him out. what do you think? >> i think that jonathan pollard is culpable, guilty. the only question is, is the sentence proportionate to the crime? at this point i think it's now disproportionately severe. >>
is this really a problem for obama at all politically, that he has a problem with the jewish committee? >> no, it's nonsense. even mcgovern won two-thirds of the jewish vote in 1972. the jewish vote has been amongst the most stable in american politics, basically three-quarters for the democrats really since fdr, since al smith in 1928 and it's because americans use vote to the left on domestic issues. they don't primarily vote on israel and that's why these things don't change very much....
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a word on the conservative political action conference. >> president obama, who seemed once upon a time to respect civil liberties, has become the president who signed the law allowing detention of american citizen. at the cpacand paul conference just outside washington. the words we just heard could have been uttered by a member of the american civil liberties union. >> this is what libertarians are like this is what his dad is like. rand is much more polished. he does not talk about the gold standard or destroying the fed and stuff like that. attractive.ely when he pulled off with the filibuster was a stunt of political genius, because he had the floor and the attention of the country for all day. but this was a move that was quite interesting and politically radical. he is very much in liberal on social issues, and that is a challenge for the will conservative movement over the last 30 years. it is interesting whether or not he will get traction. among the young, i think it will, but i am not sure by how much of a feature adds. >> i see a rivalry at the cpac conference between rand p
a word on the conservative political action conference. >> president obama, who seemed once upon a time to respect civil liberties, has become the president who signed the law allowing detention of american citizen. at the cpacand paul conference just outside washington. the words we just heard could have been uttered by a member of the american civil liberties union. >> this is what libertarians are like this is what his dad is like. rand is much more polished. he does not talk...
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and there was one last minute to try and kill obama care for a precondition for funding the government but the democrats rejected that ma tphaneuver. >> as we gather here, i am reminded that president washington when he was leaving office cautioned against political parties that were at war with their own government and here we are tonight. >> now, the shutdown is in effect as of now. we are advised the office of management and budget authorized the execution of the shutdown underway, and we are told to expect sometime in the next 30 minutes more voting in the house of representatives. if the house of representatives want to change the tact, if the republicans conveyed the message they want to do something different now, conceivably the shutdown could be unwound, i suppose, after it already started, but we have no idea what the specifics would look like. >> on embarrassing hour president, the president of the united states. they think the election is coming this november. he was elected by 5 million vote over what romney got. 5 million votes. wasn't too close. so it's really too bad. m
and there was one last minute to try and kill obama care for a precondition for funding the government but the democrats rejected that ma tphaneuver. >> as we gather here, i am reminded that president washington when he was leaving office cautioned against political parties that were at war with their own government and here we are tonight. >> now, the shutdown is in effect as of now. we are advised the office of management and budget authorized the execution of the shutdown...
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here is what president obama said. >> it is just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still prosiding over a war in afghanistan and i need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with our allies to make sure that our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission that they deserve. >> chris: even if you ahaig toll be confirmed in a week when you come back from recess do you worry at all, senator, that he will be damaged and therefore less effective dealing with congress and dealing inside the pentagon? >> i would worry about a congress being jammed to support a nominee that the washington post said is to the left of the obama administration's foreign policy agenda. was on the fringe of the senate. you are talking about a person whose voting record shows softness on iran and and antagonism on israel beyond belief. the fact that they wanted to cloture vote thursday was unreasonable. we voted senator kerry out in the same day because there was no don't veronica moser i have. controversy. we offered to hold the vote until after the break. that wasn't
here is what president obama said. >> it is just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still prosiding over a war in afghanistan and i need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with our allies to make sure that our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission that they deserve. >> chris: even if you ahaig toll be confirmed in a week when you come back from recess do you worry at all, senator, that he will be damaged and therefore less...
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and this is "hardball," the place for politics. why no other mouthwash feels like listerine®? because no other mouthwash works like listerine®. in your mouth, bacteria forms in layers. listerine® penetrates these layers deeper than other mouthwashes, killing bacteria all the way down to the bottom layer. so for a cleaner, healthier mouth, go with the mouthwash dentists recommend more than all others combined. #1 dentist recommended listerine®... power to your mouth™. >>> senator patty murray, the democratic chair of the budget committee, and her republican counterpart in the house paul >>> we're back. the people on the far right have made it their mission to defund, derail, destroy, or kill anything and everything on the president's agenda. in addition to shutting down the government, repeated efforts to kill the affordable care act and an historic campaign to block appointments, they've gotten to the point where they want guns on airplanes. that's right. it might sound crazy even for the far right, but as the associated pres
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and a senior editor covering national politics at the atlantic. >>> president obama will meet more people in moore, oklahoma today after the tornado that killed 24 people. high school graduations were held in moore yesterday. attendees held up a photo of teri long while they walked across the stage. long was one who died in the tornado. none of these events were political in nature, but the political actions to it have revealed an area of tension in tea party republicanism. one of the most conservative states in the country will be relying on federal funds to address this disaster. earlier this year, tomko burn and jim imhoff voted against the package in hurricane sandy. he said this won't change his attitude, that it should be matched by spending offsets, that is, by cutting money from something else. many lawmakers disagree, including democratic senator mary landrieu from louisiana, a state who has seen its share of storms. same with tom coburn from oklahoma. coburn and his colleagues may not have to vote a funding bill this time around. they have more than $11 billion in its disaster r
and a senior editor covering national politics at the atlantic. >>> president obama will meet more people in moore, oklahoma today after the tornado that killed 24 people. high school graduations were held in moore yesterday. attendees held up a photo of teri long while they walked across the stage. long was one who died in the tornado. none of these events were political in nature, but the political actions to it have revealed an area of tension in tea party republicanism. one of the...
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those are good political lines more aggressive than we're used to from president obama. tonight get me wrong this were obviously positive parts of the speech. but to any of you believe we're going to win on assault weapons especially given the president seems to be signaling that they're not going to fight hard. >> a win right now given that harry reid, the democratic reid democratic leader in the senate is not going along. a vote would be a political victory in a town that doesn't want to do this. the president is being pragmatic and he's not going as far as progressives would like, but if you can get the votes it's more progress than people think he can get right now. >> john: and in fairness to the president, what toes mean that we're going to win an assaults weapon. the president will win even by losing. harry reid almost lost his job to someone wearing a tinfoil hat hat. so i think that harry reid is going to let this die but that's how the president wins. if the president fights a battle that he knows he's doomed to fail god for bid there is a massacre or the next
those are good political lines more aggressive than we're used to from president obama. tonight get me wrong this were obviously positive parts of the speech. but to any of you believe we're going to win on assault weapons especially given the president seems to be signaling that they're not going to fight hard. >> a win right now given that harry reid, the democratic reid democratic leader in the senate is not going along. a vote would be a political victory in a town that doesn't want...